Enable Site Recovery Manager Managed Object Browser for SRM VA and SRM Windows

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

This document provides information on how to enable the Site Recovery Manager Managed Object Browser (MOB) for both the VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) Virtual Appliance and SRM Windows based install.
The MOB allows graphical navigation of the objects on a server and the ability to invoke methods. Any changes made through the MOB take effect on the server.

Environment

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 8.x

Resolution

SRM installed upon a windows operating system.

1. Log into the Site Recovery Manager Server Windows environment via a console or RDP session.
2. Download the version-specific SRM-Version-MOB.zip file from the "Attachments" section on the right of this KB. Extract the Windows drBrowser.dll file.
3. Navigate to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\bin and copy the drBrowser.dll file here.
4. Backup the vmware-dr.xml file located in C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\config.
5. Open the vmware-dr.xml file in a text editor.
6. Locate the “<plugins>…</plugins>” section and add the following code:

       <DrBrowser>
         <path>drBrowser.dll</path>
       </DrBrowser>

7. Restart SRM server service (vmware-dr) and verify proper start up. In case of invalid modification in vmware-dr.xml the SRM server service will NOT start.
8. After the SRM service has started, the SRM Managed Object Browser will be available via https://<SRM-fqdn or IP>:9086/mob where 9086 is the default port with which SRM is installed on Windows. Then login with vCenter administrator credentials.

 

SRM Virtual Appliance.

Please note for SRM 8.4 and on the library needed is included in the appliance and you should start from step 4.
 

1. Log into the Site Recovery Manager Appliance via SSH (Enable or Disable SSH Access to the Site Recovery Manager Appliance).
2. Download the version specific SRM-Version-MOB.zip file from the "Attachments" section on the right of this KB. Extract the Appliance libdrBrowser.so file.
3. Navigate to /opt/vmware/srm/lib and copy the libdrBrowser.so file here.
4. Backup the vmware-dr.xml file located in /opt/vmware/srm/conf/vmware-dr.xml.
5. Open the vmware-dr.xml file in a text editor. See editing text files.
6. Locate the “<plugins>…</plugins>” section and add the following code:

       <DrBrowser>
         <path>/opt/vmware/srm/lib/libdrBrowser.so</path>
       </DrBrowser>

7. Restart SRM server service via the SRM management interface (details here) and verify proper start up. In case of invalid modification in vmware-dr.xml the SRM server service will NOT start.
8. After the SRM service has started the SRM Managed Object Browser will be available via https://<SRM-fqdn or IP>:443/drserver/mob where 443 is the default port with which SRM is listening on. Then login with vCenter administrator credentials.